V43.6
V43.6: Car passenger injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
V43.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for car passenger injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category V43
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead V43.6
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- V43.61Car passenger injured in collision with sport utility vehicle in traffic accident
- V43.62Car passenger injured in collision with other type car in traffic accident
- V43.63Car passenger injured in collision with pick-up truck in traffic accident
- V43.64Car passenger injured in collision with van in traffic accident
Other codes under V43
- V43.0Car driver injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V43.1Car passenger injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V43.2Person on outside of car injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V43.3Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in nontraffic accident
- V43.4Person boarding or alighting a car injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van
- V43.5Car driver injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
- V43.7Person on outside of car injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident
- V43.9Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with car, pick-up truck or van in traffic accident